Ino Cense

┤Full Name├
Ino Cense

┤Nicknames├
None

┤Gender├
Male

┤Sexuality├
Homosexual

┤Height├
5’5”

┤Hair Colour├
Black with a purple streak

┤Eye Colour├
Blue Violet

Ino’s short stature hides a big personality and a big presence. Much of his appearance has been designed to make him stand out. He has black hair, short in the back but with long bangs that he often sweeps to the side. A section of this longer hair is dyed purple – he’s experimented with other colours, but purple is his favourite, and the one that suits him best. He’s a master of the art of perfectly dishevelled hair and will spend quite a while fiddling with it until it’s just right. Ino doesn’t like his hair to be smooth and perfectly ordered. In his own words, it makes him look like someone who doesn’t know how to have fun.

His eyes are naturally blue, but Ino uses his glamour to hide them. Instead, his eyes shimmer with a playful violet, all for the goal of making him more unique. Seeing that blue is a sign of trust, and there’s been very few people who have ever seen it. Ino takes good care of his body and maintains a high level of fitness. He’s stronger than he looks and has plenty of stamina, often going out running and loving to dance all night long. He’s also picky about his food, often opting to go without if there isn’t something suitable for his diet.

A good word to describe how Ino dresses is ‘flashy’. He favours dark outfits with bold pops of colour, and opts for cuts and materials that emphasize the slender lines of his figure. For special occasions, it’s a near guarantee that he’ll be wearing heels, partially to stand taller, partially to emphasize his long legs, and in some part because he loves the click against the floor as he walks. He likes jackets and translucent or meshy tops and accessorizes simply. He’s not much a fan of statement pieces, but what he does own is high quality, classy jewelry that only elevates his outfits. He puts a lot of thought into outfits, even colour coordinating his painted nails.

With all of this combined, he’s been mistaken for an incubus on several occasions – a fact that makes him very proud.

┤Personality├
Mercurial║Curious║Playful║Jealous║Stubborn

Ino’s an incorrigible gossip, one who likes to stir people up to get a reaction. He keeps his fingers on the pulse of what’s happening, spreading around the fun stuff, tucking the important things away for later. He’s been called ‘dramatic’, which is wholly accurate. He loves to start shit and watch the resulting drama. Not only that, but Ino’s moods can and do change on a dime. He can go from enemy to friend in moments, from calling someone out to punching someone on their behalf. It keeps people guessing, which is a good thing as far as he’s concerned. He’s a flirt and he knows it, and he loves when eyes are on him or he’s in some handsome demon’s arms. Sex is fun and feels good, so he doesn’t shy away from a romp in the sheets. Ino is showy and he’s impulsive, full of playful energy and good humour. He likes to have fun, and he doesn’t like to make others feel bad. That’s just a side effect of what he is.

Compared to some demons of envy though, Ino isn’t that strongly influenced by his nature. He does carry many of the traits, yes. He’s hyperaware of those around him, able to catalogue abilities and know how he measures up. He hates being lesser than, dislikes not being the best in the room. He’s an expert at mental gymnastics for the sake of keeping himself sane, of explaining how he’s superior even though it may seem he isn’t, of why, if anything, he should have a superiority complex, not an inferiority one. Like many envies, he hates to lose, especially when he can say that something wasn’t fair.

But in spite of his nature, he’s capable of empathy. He enjoys schadenfreude, but when it’s his friends who are hurting, he reveals a kindness that few others see. Ino’s surprisingly introspective, aware of the sway his envy has over him and of his own desire to be the best. What’s harder to see is the scars left from his upbringing and the wants formed so early in his life that they’re an integral part of his being. In fact, until recently, Ino didn’t know how much he’d be swayed by gentle affection until it was offered to him for the first time.

What few know is what Ino’s like when he’s alone and the pressure is off. Then, the demon likes to wear large, soft, warm clothes, and curl up with a thick book or an instructional manual. He likes music and slow, quiet days in his own company. When he doesn’t have to try, Ino loves to just be. He’s smarter than he acts, and has plenty of interests that don’t quite line up with his public image. Ino struggles to accept this self – the self he feels is the real him. After all, if fun and pretty can’t get anyone to stay, how is quiet and gentle going to do the job?

┤Likes├
┤Attention├─Positive attention is his lifeblood
┤Fashion├─Presentation is everything, and pretty clothes that make him look his best are a huge part of that.
┤Drama├─It’s just so much fun.

┤Hobbies├
┤Nail Painting├─It’s not something he does with glamour, Ino likes taking the time to paint his nails and create pretty designs. He coordinates colours with his outfit most often, but he’s fairly skilled and creative at home.
┤Apothecary├─Plant lore is something Ino studies casually in his spare time. He’s no expert, but he’s fairly sure he can muddle up a concoction or two. It started in an attempt to create a hangover cure, but after he succeeded…he just never stopped.
┤History├─Shh! Don’t tell anyone that this pretty socialite can often be found with his nose in a thick book.

┤Dislikes├
┤Surprises├─He doesn’t like to be on his off-foot.
┤Incubi├─It’s not that he hates them or anything, honest. But with their pretty faces, and the way they grab attention without even having to try, Ino can’t help but think that had he been born an incubus, he’d already have what he wants.
┤Emil ├─He knows what he did.

┤Fears├
┤Abandonment├─Was I just…not enough?
┤Vulnerability├─Let someone in? You’re crazy.
┤Loneliness├─It’s too quiet, alone in my head.

Envies make terrible parents. At least, the ones strongly ruled by their nature are. The issue was that as a child of an envy demon, Ino had to be utterly perfect. The best behaved. The best dressed. The smartest, the most artistic, the most popular, the most mature. His mother would take any and every point of comparison that she could, bearing down on her young son because he’d never be enough until he achieved more and more and more.

But.

There was a caveat. Yes, Ino had to be perfect. He had to be better than every single one of his peers.

But.

He could never eclipse his mother.

It wasn’t only a dangerously thin line – it was sometimes an utterly impossible task. His mother would refuse to admit that someone was better than her at anything, while pushing Ino to be better than them, and growing resentful if he ever exceeded her skill. If he succeeded, she’d barely restrain her anger. As a result, there’s a lot of things Ino won’t do anymore. He’ll only touch a piano under duress, and he’d rather throw months worth of work into the fire than let anyone see his needlework.

He left home as soon as he could, solely to get away from her, and the two haven’t spoken since.

He’s done fairly well for himself since then. He’s a beautiful and accomplished envy, and that grants him power, which only increases his appeal. But this isn’t enough for Ino, who set his sights high. He wants to be above it all. So strong that no one will bother him ever again.

Ino plans to marry rich, but this has led to a love life plagued in problems. Rich, powerful demons aren’t always the most caring of partners.

His last boyfriend was different, though. Incredibly generous and openly caring, Ino didn’t expect that this treatment would settle the knot of envy always in his chest, leaving him happy and content for the first time in years. Their breakup was hard on him, and left him questioning everything he thought he knew about himself and his motives. He’s still hurting from it, and has been absent from galas for several months.

This is his first appearance in a while, and he knows that it has to count.